Helldriver
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| Japanese | ヘルドライバー |
| Hepburn | Herudoraibā |
| Directed by | Yoshihiro Nishimura |
| Produced by | Yoshinori Chiba Hiroyuki Yamada |
| Written by | Yoshihiro Nishimura Daichi Nagisa Takeshi Furusawa Sayako Nakoshi |
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Yumiko Hara Eihi Shiina Yurei Yanagi Kazuki Namioka |
| Music by | Go Nakagawa |
| Cinematography | Shu G. Momose |
| Edited by | Yoshihiro Nishimura |
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117 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Helldriver (Japanese: ヘルドライバー? Hepburn: Herudoraibā) is a 2010 Japanese splatter film directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura. It stars Yumiko Hara and Eihi Shiina, and was written by Nishimura and Daichi Nagisa.
Kika and her father hide from her mother, Rikka and her uncle, Yasushi, both serial killers and cannibals. They are found in an abandoned town, and Kika's father is burned alive. Before the murderous duo can kill Kika, a meteorite hits Rikka, punching through her and destroying her heart. Still alive, Rikka rips out Kika's heart and puts it in her chest. Immediately after, an unknown substance encases the two, putting them in a cocoon-like state. Black ash emits from Rikka and eventually covers the northern half of Japan. People who inhale the ash are turned into bloodthirsty zombies. In an effort to contain the zombies, a large wall is erected, dividing Japan in two.
One year later, Kika awakens with an artificial heart inside her chest. She is dropped at the wall, where several zombies approach her. With a chainsword running which shares the power source with her heart, she fights and quickly kills the zombies by severing the horns on their foreheads. Kika rescues a man named Taku and his mute companion, No-Name. The two collect the zombies' horns, which can be turned into a drug, an sell them on the black market. When she sleeps, Kika is woken by pain in her chest, as Rikka is freed from the cocoon and declares herself "queen" of the zombies. Some time later, Kika, Taku, and No-name are arrested as the horns are outlawed for containing a volatile and explosive substance.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Hatoda and his supporters protest the killing of zombies, claiming they are still human. The opposing side is led by Justice Minister Osawa, who believes the monsters must be wiped out before they can overrun Japan. When Hatoda makes a speech near the wall, Osawa's men detonate a bomb, destroying a section of the wall, allowing the zombies to devour Hatoda. Osawa declares himself as the new prime minister.
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